A Quick Earth Science Practice Quiz Questions!
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- 1.In the diagram below, name the feature circled in red
- A.
Longshore Current
- B.
Badmouth bar
- C.
Beach
- D.
Spit
- 2.Low ridges of sand that are parallel to the coast, are characteristic of depositional coasts and, typically, are separated from land by water or a lagoon are known as_______________________.
- A.
Spits
- B.
Barrier islands
- C.
Badmouth bars
- D.
Beaches
- 3.The warm and fast western boundary current of the North Atlantic Gyre is known as the ____________.
- A.
Gulf stream
- B.
Canary current
- C.
North equatorial current
- D.
North Atlantic current
- 4.Most primary producers in the ocean are _______________
- A.
Zooplankton
- B.
Benthic creatures
- C.
Phytoplankton
- D.
Living on coral reefs
- 5.The alignment of the moon, sun and the earth at spring tide is characteristic of all the following except __________
- A.
New moon, full moon phases
- B.
Highest of high tides
- C.
Opposing solar and lunar bulges
- D.
Lowest of low tides
- 6.The average salinity of seawater is __________ parts per thousand (ppt)
- A.
32
- B.
38
- C.
40
- D.
35
- 7.The smallest ocean basin on earth is the ____________________.
- A.
Pacific ocean
- B.
Arctic ocean
- C.
Indian ocean
- D.
Atlantic Ocean
- 8.The ______________________ is the part of the continental margin that contains the submerged edge of the continent
- A.
Continental shelf
- B.
Continental rise
- C.
shelf break
- D.
Continental slope
- 9.The most vast, flat areas on earth are the ___________________
- A.
Continental margins
- B.
Mid-ocean ridges
- C.
Continental rise
- D.
Abyssal plains
- 10.The ______________ is where the density of seawater is increasing rapidly with depth
- A.
Pycnocline
- B.
Halocline
- C.
Mesocline
- D.
Thermocline
- 11.Most photosynthesis in the ocean water column is achieved in the _________________ zone
- A.
Benthic
- B.
Photic
- C.
Euphotic
- D.
Photic
- 12.Areas of ___________ near coasts are where cool, nutrient - rich water is pushed to the surface causing areas of great biological productivity.
- A.
Downwelling
- B.
Aridity
- C.
Upwelling
- D.
Deep ocean circulation
- 13.Due to ocean acidification, the pH of the ocean decreases due to the input of dissolved ________________ causing calcifying marine organisms to have thinner shells.
- A.
Nitrogen
- B.
Bicarbonate
- C.
Carbon dioxide
- D.
Oxygen
- 14.All animals capable of swimming and moving about under their own propulsion are ________________
- A.
Nekton
- B.
Plankton
- C.
Benthos
- D.
Phytoplankton
- 15.Submarine canyons are thought to be carved out or created by
- A.
Thermohaline currents
- B.
Surface currents
- C.
Turbidity currents
- D.
Coriolis effect
- 16.The chicks of the layman albatross are most threatened by ________________ during nesting season on midway atoll.
- A.
Sea level rise
- B.
Plastic ingestion
- C.
Loss of habitat
- D.
Abandonment
- 17.A ________________ is a unique community that has many rare species and is based on the decomposition of the body of a marine organism that has come to rest on the sea floor.
- A.
Methane seep
- B.
Whale fall
- C.
Hydrothermal vent community
- D.
Coral reef
- 18.Two high tides and two low tides per day is considered a ________________ tide
- A.
Semi-diurnal
- B.
Mixed
- C.
Diurnal
- D.
Ebb
- 19.Look at the photograph of the beach below. What is the man made features circled in red?
- A.
Sea wall
- B.
Groin
- C.
Jetty
- D.
Breakwater
- 20.Ocean floor sediment that originates from land is classified by source as _________________.
- A.
Cosmogenous
- B.
Biogenous
- C.
Terrigenous
- D.
Hydrogenous
- 21.___________ is related to the average kinetic energy of a material's atoms or molecules
- A.
Heat
- B.
Conduction
- C.
Temperature
- D.
Convection
- 22.The lowermost layer of the atmosphere where we live is the ________________
- A.
Stratosphere
- B.
Mesophere
- C.
Thermosphere
- D.
Troposphere
- 23.Atmospheric cells in the Southern Hemisphere are diverted to the ____________ due to the Coriolis effect
- A.
Right
- B.
Clockwise
- C.
Left
- D.
South
- 24.An extratropical cyclone travels from west to east across North American and is also known as a ______________
- A.
Hurricane
- B.
Nor'easter
- C.
Tornado
- D.
Typhoon
- 25.The ratio of the air's actual water-vapor content to the amount of water vapor required for saturation at the temperature (and pressure) is ___________________
- A.
Dew point
- B.
Relative humidity
- C.
Vapor pressure
- D.
Adiabatic cooling
- 26.The intensity of hurricane is measured on the
- A.
Moment magnitude scale
- B.
Saffic-simpson scale
- C.
Enhanced Fujita scale
- D.
Culip scale
- 27.In the greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases ___________________.
- A.
Block infrared radiation and prevent heat from entering our atmosphere
- B.
Prevent infrared radiation
- C.
Reflect infrared radiation out into space
- D.
Absorb infrared radiation and trap heat in our atmosphere
- 28.Hurricanes form within __________ air mass
- A.
One humid
- B.
Two dry
- C.
Two humid
- D.
One dry
- 29.The cooling of the equatorial Pacific Ocean is characteristic of ____________.
- A.
El nino
- B.
Upwelling
- C.
La nina
- D.
Maritime pacific
- 30.Clouds of vertical development that are towering and produce thunderstorms are
- A.
Cumulonimbus
- B.
Stratocumulus
- C.
Nimbostratus
- D.
Cirrocumulus
- 31.The expression of the day to day atmospheric conditions of a particular place is
- A.
Koppen classification
- B.
Weather
- C.
Atmospheric classification
- D.
Climate
- 32.The subtropical high is located at approximately _______________ degrees latitude
- A.
0
- B.
60
- C.
45
- D.
30
- 33.Clouds that are globular and look like cotton balls with a flat base are ____________ clouds
- A.
Cirrus
- B.
Stratus
- C.
Cirrostratus
- D.
Cumulus
- 34.The boundary between two air masses is a
- A.
Hurricane
- B.
Front
- C.
Tornado
- D.
Anticyclone
- 35.The deposit of ice crystals formed by the freezing of supercooled fog or cloud droplets on objects whose surface temperature is below freezing is
- A.
Rime
- B.
Snow
- C.
Sleet
- D.
Rain
- 36.The wind is controlled by all of the following except
- A.
Latitude
- B.
Friction
- C.
Coriolis effect
- D.
Pressure gradient force
- 37.The enhanced fujity intensity scale is a measure of the damage caused by a
- A.
Hurricane
- B.
Typhoon
- C.
Nor'easter
- D.
Tornado
- 38.Ozone depletion in the atmosphere has been caused by the use of __________________________.
- A.
Carbon dioxide
- B.
Methane
- C.
Chlorofluorocarbons
- D.
Oxygen
- 39.The two major components of air are ______________________
- A.
Carbon dioxide and oxygen
- B.
Nitrogen and oxygen
- C.
Nitrogen and carbon dioxide
- D.
Oxygen and argon
- 40.The fraction of the total radiation that is reflected by a surface is called
- A.
Albedo
- B.
Diffusion
- C.
Selective absorbers
- D.
Scattering
- 41.______________ proposed the Laws of Planetary Motion.
- A.
Brahe
- B.
Kepler
- C.
Galileo
- D.
Newton
- 42.A Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (H-R Diagram) is a plot of ________.
- A.
Size vs brightness
- B.
Color vs size
- C.
Brightness vs temperature
- D.
Temperature vs color
- 43.The earth is closer to the sun, at about 91.5 million miles at _______________
- A.
Aphelion
- B.
Ecliptic plane
- C.
Opposition
- D.
Perihelion
- 44.A group of stars names for mythical characters is a
- A.
Cluster
- B.
Stellar orbiting group
- C.
Constellation
- D.
Galaxy
- 45.Our sun resides in the _________ galaxy
- A.
M82
- B.
Milky way
- C.
Andromeda
- D.
M54
- 46.The Big Bang happened about _____________
- A.
2.3 billion years ago
- B.
8.5 billion years ago
- C.
13.7 billion years ago
- D.
11.8 billion years ago
- 47.The part of a meteoroid that actually strikes the Earth's surface is a _______________.
- A.
Tektite
- B.
Meteorite
- C.
Moldavite
- D.
Meteor
- 48.The model that we use today to describe the motion of the heavenly bodies:
- A.
States that a sequence of celestial spheres surrounds earth
- B.
Is the heliocentric model
- C.
Is the geocentric model
- D.
States that the earth reverses direction in its orbit
- 49.Planets sometimes show a reverse or ________________ with respect to the stars when observed in the night sky.
- A.
Retrospect
- B.
Returning
- C.
Repeating
- D.
Retrograde
- 50.The rings of Saturn are believed to be composed of _________________
- A.
An auroral display of ionized gasses
- B.
Small particles of dust, rock and ice
- C.
The remnants of a hurricane-like storm that was first recorded by galileo
- D.
Particles of pure ice
- 51.The first person credited with observing heavenly bodies using a telescope was
- A.
Kepler
- B.
Brahe
- C.
Copernicus
- D.
Gallileo
- 52.Our Sun is approximately ______________________, or halfway through its projected life cycle.
- A.
5 billion years old
- B.
10 billion years old
- C.
2.5 million years old
- D.
8 billion years old
- 53.Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are know as the ____________________ planets.
- A.
Dwarf
- B.
Solar
- C.
Terrestrial
- D.
Jovian
- 54.An Astronomical Unit is equal to the distance between the Earth and the Sun or approximately _________________.
- A.
93 million miles
- B.
150 billion miles
- C.
127 million miles
- D.
2 billion miles
- 55.Venus has a _________________ atmosphere.
- A.
Hot and dense
- B.
Cold and dense
- C.
Cold and thin
- D.
Hot and thin
- 56.This planet is known as the sideways planet
- A.
Neptune
- B.
Mercury
- C.
Saturn
- D.
Uranus
- 57.The largest volcano in the solar system is
- A.
Mauna loa
- B.
Yellowstone
- C.
Lo
- D.
Olympus mons
- 58.The tendency for heavenly bodies to travel in a straight line is _______________.
- A.
Gravity
- B.
Inertia
- C.
Precession
- D.
Revolution
- 59.____________________ is credited with proposing the Law of Universal Gravitation.
- A.
Kepler
- B.
Newton
- C.
Galileo
- D.
Brahe
- 60.The ________________is the effect of the position that an object appears to differ when viewed from different perspectives.
- A.
Nebular hypothesis
- B.
Heliocentric view
- C.
Parallax
- D.
Eclipse
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